1996 Boston Red Sox

85-77 • .525 Win% • 3rd in AL E

The 1996 Boston Red Sox went 85-77 (.525) finishing 3rd in the AL E division. The club scored 928 runs, allowed 921, and played home games at Fenway Park II. Team leaders included Mo Vaughn (44 HR, 143 RBI) and Tim Wakefield (14-13, 5.14 ERA).

W (Wins):
Games credited to a pitcher whose team took a lead it never surrendered while he was the pitcher of record.
L (Losses):
Games charged to the pitcher of record when the opposing team took a lead it never surrendered.
RS (Runs Scored (team)):
Total runs a team scored across the season.
RA (Runs Allowed):
Total runs a team allowed across the season.

Data updated

📊 Season Record

85 Wins
77 Losses
.525 Win %
3rd Rank
928 R 921 RA
Diff +7

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928 Runs Scored
921 Runs Allowed
+7 Run Diff
2,315K Attendance

📈 vs. 1996 AL Average

Batting Avg .283 2% above the 1996 league average (.277)
OBP .359 3% above the 1996 league average (.350)
SLG .456 3% above the 1996 league average (.444)
Team ERA 4.98 equal to the 1996 league average (4.99)
Runs Scored 928 6% above the 1996 league average (872 R)

🏟️ Home Ballpark

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StadiumFenway Park II
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Home Games 81
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Total Attendance 2,315,349
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Avg per Game 28,584

⚾ Batting Leaders

Team HR Leaders — 1996

Batting Avg

1 Reggie Jefferson 0.347 2 Mo Vaughn 0.326 3 Kevin Mitchell 0.304 4 John Valentin 0.296 5 Mike Greenwell 0.295

Home Runs

1 Mo Vaughn 44 2 Jose Canseco 28 3 Mike Stanley 24 4 Reggie Jefferson 19 5 Tim Naehring 17

RBI

1 Mo Vaughn 143 2 Jose Canseco 82 3 Troy O'Leary 81 4 Reggie Jefferson 74 5 Mike Stanley 69
1996 Boston Red Sox — RBI
Player G AB R H 2B 3B HR RBI BB SO SB AVG
Mo Vaughn 161 635 118 207 29 1 44 143 95 154 2 0.326
John Valentin 131 527 84 156 29 3 13 59 63 59 9 0.296
Troy O'Leary 149 497 68 129 28 5 15 81 47 80 3 0.260
Tim Naehring 116 430 77 124 16 0 17 65 49 63 2 0.288
Jeff Frye 105 419 74 120 27 2 4 41 54 57 18 0.286
Mike Stanley 121 397 73 107 20 1 24 69 69 62 2 0.270
Reggie Jefferson 122 386 67 134 30 4 19 74 25 89 0 0.347
Jose Canseco 96 360 68 104 22 1 28 82 63 82 3 0.289
Mike Greenwell 77 295 35 87 20 1 7 44 18 27 4 0.295
Bill Haselman 77 237 33 65 13 1 8 34 19 52 4 0.274
Darren Bragg 58 222 38 56 14 1 3 22 36 39 6 0.252
Wil Cordero 59 198 29 57 14 0 3 37 11 31 2 0.288
Lee Tinsley 92 192 28 47 6 1 3 14 13 56 6 0.245
Milt Cuyler 50 110 19 22 1 2 2 12 13 19 7 0.200
Jose Malave 41 102 12 24 3 0 4 17 2 25 0 0.235
Bill Selby 40 95 12 26 4 0 3 6 9 11 1 0.274
Kevin Mitchell 27 92 9 28 4 0 2 13 11 14 0 0.304
Nomar Garciaparra 24 87 11 21 2 3 4 16 4 14 5 0.241
Dwayne Hosey 28 78 13 17 2 2 1 3 7 17 6 0.218
Alex Cole 24 72 13 16 5 1 0 7 8 11 5 0.222
Tony Rodriguez 27 67 7 16 1 0 1 9 4 8 0 0.239
Esteban Beltre 27 62 6 16 2 0 0 6 4 14 1 0.258
Arquimedez Pozo 21 58 4 10 3 1 1 11 2 10 1 0.172
Rudy Pemberton 13 41 11 21 8 0 1 10 2 4 3 0.512
Jeff Manto 10 30 5 8 3 1 2 4 3 6 0 0.267
Alex Delgado 26 20 5 5 0 0 0 1 3 3 0 0.250
Scott Hatteberg 10 11 3 2 1 0 0 0 3 2 0 0.182
Jim Tatum 2 8 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0.125
Trot Nixon 2 4 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 1 1 0.500
Phil Clark 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Greg Pirkl 2 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0.000
Roger Clemens 34 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1.000
Stan Belinda 31 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mark Brandenburg 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
John Doherty 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Vaughn Eshelman 39 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Rich Garces 37 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tom Gordon 34 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Ken Grundt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Eric Gunderson 28 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Reggie Harris 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Joe Hudson 36 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brent Knackert 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Kerry Lacy 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Maddux 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Pat Mahomes 11 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Walt McKeel 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Nate Minchey 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jamie Moyer 23 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Brad Pennington 14 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Aaron Sele 29 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Heathcliff Slocumb 75 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Mike Stanton 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Jeff Suppan 8 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000
Tim Wakefield 32 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.000

🎯 Pitching Leaders

Team K Leaders — 1996

ERA

1 Heathcliff Slocumb 3.02 2 Roger Clemens 3.63 3 Mike Stanton 3.83 4 Mike Maddux 4.48 5 Jamie Moyer 4.50

Wins

1 Tim Wakefield 14 2 Tom Gordon 12 3 Roger Clemens 10 4 Jamie Moyer 7 5 Aaron Sele 7

Strikeouts

1 Roger Clemens 257 2 Tom Gordon 171 3 Tim Wakefield 140 4 Aaron Sele 137 5 Heathcliff Slocumb 88
1996 Boston Red Sox — Strikeouts
Player W L ERA G GS SV IP H ER BB SO
Roger Clemens 10 13 3.63 34 34 0 242.2 216 98 106 257
Tom Gordon 12 9 5.59 34 34 0 215.2 249 134 105 171
Tim Wakefield 14 13 5.14 32 32 0 211.2 238 121 90 140
Aaron Sele 7 11 5.32 29 29 0 157.1 192 93 67 137
Jamie Moyer 7 1 4.50 23 10 0 90.0 111 45 27 50
Vaughn Eshelman 6 3 7.08 39 10 0 87.2 112 69 58 59
Heathcliff Slocumb 5 5 3.02 75 0 31 83.1 68 28 55 88
Mike Maddux 3 2 4.48 23 7 0 64.1 76 32 27 32
Mike Stanton 4 3 3.83 59 0 1 56.1 58 24 23 46
Joe Hudson 3 5 5.40 36 0 1 45.0 57 27 32 19
Rich Garces 3 2 4.91 37 0 0 44.0 42 24 33 55
Stan Belinda 2 1 6.59 31 0 2 28.2 31 21 20 18
Mark Brandenburg 4 2 3.81 29 0 0 28.1 28 12 8 29
Jeff Suppan 1 1 7.54 8 4 0 22.2 29 19 13 13
Eric Gunderson 0 1 8.31 28 0 0 17.1 21 16 8 7
Brad Pennington 0 2 2.77 14 0 0 13.0 6 4 15 13
Pat Mahomes 2 0 5.84 11 0 2 12.1 9 8 6 6
Kerry Lacy 2 0 3.38 11 0 0 10.2 15 4 8 9
Brent Knackert 0 1 9.00 8 0 0 10.0 16 10 7 5
John Doherty 0 0 5.68 3 0 0 6.1 8 4 4 3
Nate Minchey 0 2 15.00 2 2 0 6.0 16 10 5 4
Reggie Harris 0 0 12.46 4 0 0 4.1 7 6 5 4
Ken Grundt 0 0 27.00 1 0 0 0.1 1 1 0 0

👥 Roster (55)

Stan Belinda Esteban Beltre Darren Bragg Mark Brandenburg Jose Canseco Phil Clark Roger Clemens Alex Cole Wil Cordero Milt Cuyler Alex Delgado John Doherty +43 more

55 players

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The 1996 Boston Red Sox in brief

The 1996 Boston Red Sox finished 85-77, a .525 winning percentage, placing 3rd in the AL East. With 928 runs scored and 921 given up, the 1996 differential was +7. At the plate the Boston Red Sox hit .283, 2% better than the league's .277. League clubs averaged 872 runs that year, so the Boston Red Sox scored 6% more. Attendance at Fenway Park II totaled 2,315,349 for the year.

The home run leader was Mo Vaughn, who hit 44. Tim Wakefield was the top winner, with 14 victories. Roger Clemens struck out 257, the most on the club. The saves leader was Heathcliff Slocumb with 31. In all, the roster shows 55 players. For the seasons either side, see the 1995 season and the 1997 season.

Frequently Asked Questions about the 1996 Boston Red Sox

What was the 1996 Boston Red Sox record?
The 1996 Boston Red Sox finished 85-77 (.525 win pct).
Who led the 1996 Boston Red Sox in home runs?
Mo Vaughn led the 1996 Boston Red Sox with 44 home runs.
What was the 1996 Boston Red Sox team ERA?
The 1996 Boston Red Sox posted a team ERA of 4.98.
Did the 1996 Boston Red Sox win the World Series?
No. The 1996 Boston Red Sox did not win the World Series.
Where did the 1996 Boston Red Sox play?
The 1996 Boston Red Sox played home games at Fenway Park II.
Who led the 1996 Boston Red Sox in hitting and pitching?
Team leaders were Mo Vaughn (44 HR, 143 RBI) and Tim Wakefield (14-13, 5.14 ERA).
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